Scientists and Soldiers Solve a Bee Mystery

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Scientists and Soldiers Solve a Bee Mystery
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Evil	Oct 7 2010, 06:40 AM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 2,968 Group: Administrators Member #1 Joined: Dec 18, 2008 Region RP Name: Evil Cenotopia Space RP Name: Greys	Quote: DENVER — It has been one of the great murder mysteries of the garden: what is killing off the honeybees? Since 2006, 20 to 40 percent of the bee colonies in the United States alone have suffered “colony collapse.” Suspected culprits ranged from pesticides to genetically modified food. Now, a unique partnership — of military scientists and entomologists — appears to have achieved a major breakthrough: identifying a new suspect, or two. Full: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/science/07bees.html?src=me
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Nuke	Oct 8 2010, 12:37 AM Post #2
Posts: 4,436 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Dec 19, 2008 Region RP Name: Northern Italian Confederation, Tarkka, Third French Empire Space RP Name: United Federation of Planets	A fungus combined with a virus? I'm hoping that's just two entirely separate things that just happen to be afflicting the bee population at the same time, and not some super-bug (pardon the pun) that's doing its trial runs on bees.
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Evil	Oct 8 2010, 07:45 AM Post #3
Administrator Posts: 2,968 Group: Administrators Member #1 Joined: Dec 18, 2008 Region RP Name: Evil Cenotopia Space RP Name: Greys	Nuke Oct 8 2010, 12:37 AM A fungus combined with a virus? I'm hoping that's just two entirely separate things that just happen to be afflicting the bee population at the same time, and not some super-bug (pardon the pun) that's doing its trial runs on bees. Who knows, "Vigus" could be the next swine flu.
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Nuke	Oct 14 2010, 07:24 AM Post #4
Posts: 4,436 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Dec 19, 2008 Region RP Name: Northern Italian Confederation, Tarkka, Third French Empire Space RP Name: United Federation of Planets	Evil Oct 8 2010, 07:45 AM Who knows, "Vigus" could be the next swine flu. You mean it could be a really big health scare that ultimately does absolutely nothing? In that case, yeah, sure, bring it!
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